Pete Kalamaris, 54, Corona Del Mar Felony (2) Perjury (2) Forgery Falsifying Documents Impersonating a veteran to defraud Seven years and six months in state prison Arraignment Aug. 31, 2017, 8:30 a.m. ...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a tentative settlement that provides over $51 million in debt relief for Californians who attended Corinthian Colleges. Corinthian intentionally targeted low-income, vulnerable individuals through deceptive and false advertis...

ADDITIONAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST THIRD-STRIKER MAN FOR OPERATING CRAIGSLIST “MODELING” SCHEME TARGETING TEENS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PIMP AND PANDER SANTA ANA, Calif. – Additional charges were filed today against a man who operated a Craigslist “modeling” scheme to...

An Oakland Raiders cornerback has been charged with an assault on his sister's boyfriend in Old Town Pasadena, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Stogel said Sean Lee Smith (dob 7/14/87) faces one felony count each of assault by means...

A 28-year-old man entered a no contest plea today for trafficking a teenage girl for sex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Kelly Kelley said Patrick Lamont Harris of Los Angeles pleaded to one count of human trafficking of a minor for a commerc...

LOS ANGELES – An Orange County woman who worked at a local credit union in Hawthorne and her online boyfriend have been named in a superseding indictment that alleges a conspiracy in which the woman secretly opened more than 30 fraudulent lines of credit for her boyfriend, who was able to draw d...

A 34-year-old man was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the 2015 killing of his estranged wife's friend, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On March 29, a jury found Ernesto Ornelas guilty of five counts in case TA138348: one c...

A 21-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2014 murder of a University of Southern California graduate student, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. In June, Andrew Garcia was found guilty of one count each of first-de...

Two Acton dog trainers ordered in July to stand trial for allegedly abusing 26 dogs under their care pleaded not guilty to the charges today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Junior Barillas Morales (dob 12/7/89) and Natasha Elena Ahmad (dob 11/29/92) were arraigned to...

Three former executives for the nonprofit Chicana Service Action Center pleaded guilty today to embezzling and misappropriating millions of dollars in public funds and agreed to pay collectively more than $10 million in restitution, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sop...

Bringing to a close several years of litigation, John Duarte and Duarte Nursery Inc. have agreed to pay a large civil penalty and preserve and restore creeks, streams, and wetlands to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act on property located in Tehama County, California, the Justice Departmen...

An active-duty U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty today in connection with his efforts to obstruct a federal criminal investigation of the owner and chief executive officer of a multi-national defense contracting firm headquartered in Singapore. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanc...

LOS ANGELES – A gang member who helped manage a coalition of three rival street gangs in Northeast Los Angeles that were brought together by orders issued by a member of the Mexican Mafia pleaded guilty today to federal charges and admitted being a primary supplier of narcotics to the criminal e...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 28 years in state prison today for human trafficking and pimping a minor girl and pimping and pandering two additional women. Defendant Charges Sentence Marcus Ramon San...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a 13-year-old girl in Orange County. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date John Wayne Calhoun, ...

Two former executives of foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) were sentenced today for conspiring to submit bogus claims and invoices to the U.S. Navy in an effort to win contracts and overcharge the U.S. Navy by tens of millions of dollars as part of a years-long corruptio...

SANTA ANA, Calf. – A homeless third striker was sentenced today to 21 years in state prison Santa Ana business owner. Defendant Charges Prior Convictions Sentence Fernando Zazueta Gonzalez, 61, Santa Ana Felony Second degree robbery ...

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a female employee at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kanwar Dhaliwal (dob 4/3/81) was charged in case SA096205 with three counts: assault t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged yesterday with vehicular manslaughter for killing a 19-year-old German tourist while driving high on methamphetamine in Seal Beach. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Matthew Ryan Wood, 25, Seal Beach Felon...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon from Fresno was convicted today of pimping a young woman and illegally possessing a loaded firearm. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Adam Rocky Trinidad, 25, Fresno Pleaded guilty today to: Felony Pi...

A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly driving his pickup truck on the wrong side of the 405 Freeway and crashing head-on into a car, killing two Palmdale brothers, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Morgan Mallory s...

A 29-year-old man was charged today with grabbing a woman who was walking in Pasadena and attempting to put her inside his pickup truck, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jose Gabriel Diaz Servellon (dob 6/21/88) of Pasadena faces one count each of kidnapping, assault b...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking the public's help identifying potential additional victims of a man who is accused of forcibly raping and sexually assaulting two teenagers in Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano. Defendant Charges S...

A Sylmar man has been charged with the stabbing death of a strip mall security guard, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today Santiago Madrigal (dob 1/25/93) faces one count of murder with an allegation that he used a knife as a deadly weapon. Madrigal was arraigned yest...

A 22-year-old man pleaded no contest today to killing a friend he knew since childhood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. David Aldana pleaded no contest to one count of voluntary manslaughter and admitted a special allegation of personally using a handgun. Sentencing i...